Fen End Pit's Blog

No from a rust point of view but I do think the rust colour is a bit uniform. I am thinking that that a bit of good old crud working up from the frame would vary it nicely. I am now using artist pastel chalks for weathering - either scape a bit off or rub with a course brush and stipple straight on. Actually, just thinking that an off black colour wash would have been good but really needs to go on first.

Overdone it? I think not, that looks quite convincing, above the solebar. One thing you might like to consider is that the areas with lettering tended to rust more slowly because of the multiple layers of paint so it might be worth cleaning the weathering away from those parts? My preference below the solebar these days is a coat of Humbrol no. 98, matt chocolate; I don't generally paint wagon chassis black these days. For a wagon in slightly tidier condition, however, I might wash the same matt chocolate over the black followed by some touches to represent rust from brakeshoes or oil from the brake pivots and axleboxes. I'd go for the latter approach here so as to preserve the solebar lettering. It looks as though it would reflect the images on Paul Bartlett's pages too.

 

Adam

Right that's convinced me to buy one!

How easy was it to convert to P4?

Right that's convinced me to buy one!

How easy was it to convert to P4?

OK, this is confession time. I've just replaced the wheels with P4 ones and not bothered with any springing. I'm just not convinced that it is vital for 4 wheel wagons. The one thing I have found though is to keep the Bachmann axle which has the right coning on the end for the molded bearing holes. If you just drop in an Alan Gibson wheel set you will find the whole thing much too sloppy.

 

Membership number of Scalefour society is 3500 if you want to demand my resignation!

 

David

OK, this is confession time. I've just replaced the wheels with P4 ones and not bothered with any springing. I'm just not convinced that it is vital for 4 wheel wagons. The one thing I have found though is to keep the Bachmann axle which has the right coning on the end for the molded bearing holes. If you just drop in an Alan Gibson wheel set you will find the whole thing much too sloppy.

 

Membership number of Scalefour society is 3500 if you want to demand my resignation!

 

David

Thanks for that.

I know what you mean about the springing. I've a few wagons that are essentially straight RTR wheel swaps.

I won't report you don't worry! 

OK, this is confession time. I've just replaced the wheels with P4 ones and not bothered with any springing. I'm just not convinced that it is vital for 4 wheel wagons. The one thing I have found though is to keep the Bachmann axle which has the right coning on the end for the molded bearing holes. If you just drop in an Alan Gibson wheel set you will find the whole thing much too sloppy.

 

Membership number of Scalefour society is 3500 if you want to demand my resignation!

 

David

can't add a picture here (suspect I'm not techie enough!) so PM sent.

 

 

This is picture Don was trying to upload, I've posted it here because I'm sure others will find it as interesting as I did.

David

Wroxham boasted this facility (long since out of use) for loading rail wagons in a siding to the north of the station. I believe that it has now been demolished. Grain was discharged into a hopper from a road vehicle before being lifted via a continuous bucket type elevator and allowed to drop down into the wagon below. The right hand of the two loading chutes has broken away and dropped down to reveal the outlet from the splitter. The second picture shows how the angled duct that comes back down to the bottom acted as a return for any grain that couldn't flow down into a wagon.  The provision of the twin loading chutes suggests it was designed for use with the 4 wheel Grain wagons. According to the plate on the front it was constructed by J.S. Engineering (Norfolk) Ltd Norwich

 

PS - apologies for lack of photos - if someone can explain how to load photos, I will happily add some photos of the Grain elevator if anyone is interested

 

Jeremy

Surprised nobody has commented on how to upload a picture - I don't know myself, but I think if you use the "my media" bit in the area above where you add a comment you might manage.

 

Thanks to Don for supplying the newspaper clippng about unloading.

 

Wroxham boasted this facility (long since out of use) for loading rail wagons in a siding to the north of the station. I believe that it has now been demolished. Grain was discharged into a hopper from a road vehicle before being lifted via a continuous bucket type elevator and allowed to drop down into the wagon below. The right hand of the two loading chutes has broken away and dropped down to reveal the outlet from the splitter. The second picture shows how the angled duct that comes back down to the bottom acted as a return for any grain that couldn't flow down into a wagon.  The provision of the twin loading chutes suggests it was designed for use with the 4 wheel Grain wagons. According to the plate on the front it was constructed by J.S. Engineering (Norfolk) Ltd Norwich

 

PS - apologies for lack of photos - if someone can explain how to load photos, I will happily add some photos of the Grain elevator if anyone is interested

 

Jeremy